Remnant's Protectors

Please Help Us

Faunus POV

We enter the mechanic shop. Walking to the front desk John rings a bell. There's silence. John rings it a few more times when we hear yelling.

Voice: "Fucking damn, I heard you the first time!!!"

A somewhat young man walks to us in coveralls that're stained with grease and oil. He then slings a rag over his shoulder.

Man: "Now what the fuck you want?"

John: "Are you Rider?"

Rider: "Depends. You cops?"

John: "No."

Rider: "Then Rider I am."

John: "Look. My name's John. Me and friends are-"

Rider: "From other worlds."

We become shocked.

John: "How'd you know?"

Rider: "Your clothes match nothing found on Remnant. Which means you're not exactly from around here. And since you're rolling with these guys, that means they're in the same boat as you."

John: "That saves some time. Now we can get down to why we're here. We need help getting to the blank space."

Rider: "Pass."

Iron: "Just hear us out."

Rider: "No. I refuse to dabble in the supernatural world again. It's done nothing but screw me over. So do us both a favor and get out."

He walks away. We follow after him. 

Speed: "Please help us. The fate of the multiverse relies on us getting there."

He grabs a socket wrench and begins loosening a bolt.

Rider: "I don't give a shit."

Faunus: "I understand the pain you're going through."

Rider: "How could you possibly know that pain?"

Faunus: "You're carrying anger in your heart. I understand it because I went through it myself."

I sigh recalling my past.

Faunus: "The point of my birth was to cram several Faunus abilities into a single vessel. The guy who made me would implant a Faunus trait and throw me into a pit of Grimm to test it. After I'm beaten to near death I'm dragged off to be stitched back together and forcibly have another Faunus trait shoved into my body. This went on till I was three years old. That was when a kind man and woman rescued me."

I pause smiling.

Faunus: "They gave me a life full of nothing but love and support. The love they gave me allowed me to forget about the abuse and live life."

I lose my smile.

Faunus: "But then the man who helped rescue me got sick. I felt so helpless. I had the strength of a thousand men and yet, I could only watch as he slowly withered away until he finally died. It made me so angry. I had all these fantastic abilities and none of them let me save him."

I look at my hands.

Faunus: "That anger allowed something evil to latch onto me. It said it could take away all the anger in my heart. All I had to do was let it bond to me. Wanting nothing more than to be happy again I accepted. But that lead to only more heartache."

I clench my fists getting angry at the memory.

Y/N: "For awhile that evil took away my anger. Or that's what I believed. But in actuality all it was doing was feeding off of it, slowly growing stronger. When I finally lashed out I  said a lot of hurtful things. I nearly lost my family."

I unclench my fists calming down. I then smile.

Y/N: "But after finally opening up, I was able to conquer that evil and rid myself of its grasp. That allowed me to work things out the right away and make things right with my family. Now our bond is stronger than it has ever been."